Carey Mulligan's career so far – in pictures

Carey Mulligan's debut on stage was in the play Forty Winks at the Royal Court theatre in London in 2004 Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Her first TV role was at the age of 19 as Kitty in Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features

She played Ada in the BBC's Bleak House in 2005 Photograph: Mike Hogan/BBC

Mulligan in 2006 in the role of Violet Willet in Agatha Christie's Marple: The Sittaford Mystery for ITV Photograph: ITV /Rex Features

Mulligan aged 22 photographed in 2007 for New faces 2008 by the Observer New Review Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer

In 2007, Mulligan starred as Isabella Thorpe in Jane Austen's satire on gothic romances, Northanger Abbey Photograph: Colm Hogan/ITV

As Rachel in 2007's When Did You Last See Your Father? Photograph: Everett/Rex Features

My Boy Jack with David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall in 2007 Photograph: ITV /Rex Features

In 2009, Mulligan starred in the lead role as Jenny in An Education, a film based on the memoirs of Lynne Barber Photograph: PR

Following the success of the film, Mulligan was nominated for the best actress award at the 82nd Academy Awards. She went on to win a Bafta for best actress for the role Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

As Cassie Willis in the US film Brothers in 2009 Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar

Mulligan stars alongside Aaron Johnson in the film The Greatest, also in 2009 Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

In Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps alongside Michael Douglas and Shia LaBeouf in 2010 Photograph: Alamy

Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield star as Kathy, Ruth and Tommy in the 2010 film Never Let Me Go Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

A portrait of Carey Mulligan in November 2011 Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Observer

Carey Mulligan and Ryan Gosling in 2011's hit film Drive Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

January 2012 saw the release of Steve McQueen's sex-addiction drama Shame with Mulligan playing the role of Sissy. You can hear Carey's vocals on Belle & Sebastian's Write About Love song here Photograph: PR

Carey Mulligan and Leonardo Dicaprio as Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, out in the UK in May Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar